newbie questions again

hi

at first: i use ms vc++ 5.0 learning edition and windows 98.
my programs runs in the 32bit windows console, not in dos.

i have some questions again:

how can i color the text displayed in my program?
i've heard something about
textcolor(RED): for ex. RED
textcolor(4); for ex. RED
setcolor(4); for ex. RED
but they're not working.
is this an extra header-file? i use iostream.h and conio.h

or do i have to change to fullscreen mode before i can do this? i also heard something about SetVideoMode(); to change into 320x240x32 video mode. but this isn't working, too. can anyone tell me how to use this function correctly?

graphics, or better: pictures. i want my program to display pictures. i think they must be in pcx or bmp, am i right? do i have to put them into a 320x240 pixels picture because of the video mode?

Re: newbie questions again

I'm probably wrong...

how can i color the text displayed in my program?
i've heard something about
textcolor(RED): for ex. RED
textcolor(4); for ex. RED
setcolor(4); for ex. RED
but they're not working.
is this an extra header-file? i use iostream.h and conio.h

Since you're doing windows console applications,
you probably need to use the console functions in
windows.h. Try the SetConsoleTextAttribute()
function. Here's where you can find information
about it: SetConsoleTextAttribute